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Numéro d'OCLC
70631795
Titre
Debating design : from Darwin to DNA
Éditeur
New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2006.
Description
xiii, 405 pages :illustrations ;
Notes
Papers from a conference, entitled Design and its Critics, held at Concordia University, Mequon, Wis., June 22-24, 2000.
Reprinted twice, 2006; originally published, 2004.
Donated by the International Society for Science & Religion (ISSR).
ISSR: DW11 (spine).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Résumé
"This volume provides a comprehensive and even-handed overview of the debate concerning biological origins. This has been a controversial debate ever since Darwin published On the Origin of Species in 1859. Invariably, the source of controversy has been design. Is the appearance of design in organisms as exhibited in their functional complexity the result of purely natural forces acting without prevision or teleology? Or does the appearance of design signify genuine prevision and teleology, and, if so, is that design empirically detectable and thus open to scientific inquiry? Four main positions have emerged in response to these questions: Darwinism, self-organization, theistic evolution, and intelligent design." "In this survey, leading figures in the debate argue for their respective positions in a nontechnical, accessible style. Readers are thus invited to draw their own conclusions. Two introductory essays furnish a historical overview of the debate." "Debating Design will interest professionals in philosophy, the history of science, biology, and religious studies."--Jacket.
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Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Sujet
Religion and science.
Evolution (Biology) Philosophy Congresses.
Intelligent design (Teleology) Congresses.
Evolution (Biology) Religious aspects Christianity Congresses.
Self-organizing systems Congresses.
Evolution (Biology)
Christianity.
Philosophy.
Evolution (Biology) Philosophy Congresses.
Intelligent design (Teleology) Congresses.
Evolution (Biology) Religious aspects Christianity Congresses.
Self-organizing systems Congresses.
Religion et sciences.
Dessein intelligent Congrès.
Systèmes auto-organisés Congrès.
Évolution (Biologie)
Christianisme.
Philosophie.
ISBN
0521829496
9780521829496